Develop self-advocacy skills
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Helping students identify aspirations and implement plans to achieve them’
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Support student advocacy
Support student advocacy
Support students to:
- explain their learning needs and preferences to others
- describe teaching approaches and resources that may be barriers to learning
- understand and articulate their rights and how to advocate for them
- find out about, and access, available supports and resources.
A students' story
A students' story
Ben emphasises the need to develop self-management and organisational skills for tertiary study.
Closed Captions
Describing a medical condition
Describing a medical condition
A student shows how he makes his eye condition understandable to others.
Closed Captions
Seek student feedback
Seek student feedback
A student with dyslexia describes how teachers can support his learning and well-being.
Next steps
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